SSRC 2018

[Deina]

Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone has ever applied for an SSRC while they were already in the field as an extension of their fieldwork. And if successful, how did you frame it in your application?

[Adelaide9216]

Master's or doctoral level? I got SSHRC at the master's level, currently a scholar. 

[PsychBoy]

8 minutes ago, Adelaide9216 said:

Master's or doctoral level? I got SSHRC at the master's level, currently a scholar. 

They might be talking about a Social Science Research Council (SSRC) fellowship in the US (not Canada's SSHRC). Also, you can see they are attending an American university.

Edited November 7, 2017 by PsychBoy

[Deina]

Yes I am asking about the SSRC IDRF

[Adelaide9216]

On 2017-11-06 at 10:06 PM, PsychBoy said:

They might be talking about a Social Science Research Council (SSRC) fellowship in the US (not Canada's SSHRC). Also, you can see they are attending an American university.

Oh I see. Sorry for the confusion.

[wacyeah]

Hi! I actually applied for IDRF for 2018. I'm a third year history phd student. So I guess we're gonna here back the first round response in Feb right?

[Purehoney]

I haven't received any updates yet. 

[PSD]

Received transcript request 1/26. Some colleagues already received rejection letters. If you have not heard back yet, it likely means you did not make it to the second round. Transcript requests mean you made it to second round. Who here knows how many people make it to the second round, and how many of those are awarded the grant? 

[jmg433]

Received transcript request around 1/26. Still waiting. I think late March/early April is when they announce. 

Regarding second round success rates: from two years ago, the last time I applied, I read on the academic jobs Wiki that the second round involves only about 200 proposals, of which something like 75-80 are funded, which puts the success rate around 40%. Not sure about the validity of those numbers now. 

Edited March 14, 2018 by jmg433

[amayadoli]

On 2018/2/19 at 7:16 PM, PSD said:

Received transcript request 1/26. Some colleagues already received rejection letters. If you have not heard back yet, it likely means you did not make it to the second round. Transcript requests mean you made it to second round. Who here knows how many people make it to the second round, and how many of those are awarded the grant? 

Just to add to that, both myself and the others I know that applied for the IDRF received rejection emails on 1/31, and then the SSRC sent me a second rejection (lol) by snail mail in the week after that. If you haven't heard anything at all, it might be worthwhile to contact them. 

[PSD]

On 3/14/2018 at 7:57 AM, jmg433 said:

Received transcript request around 1/26. Still waiting. I think late March/early April is when they announce. 

Regarding second round success rates: from two years ago, the last time I applied, I read on the academic jobs Wiki that the second round involves only about 200 proposals, of which something like 75-80 are funded, which puts the success rate around 40%. Not sure about the validity of those numbers now. 

Thanks. That is my understanding, too. I can't see how the second round success rate would be too different from one year to the next. Do you happen to know, though, if the criteria change in any way? I believe the first round is reviewers only from your field, whereas the second is an interdisciplinary panel. And I guess that letters of recommendation are perhaps more important in the second round (where all proposals are supposed to be generally strong already) than in the first, as a way of filtering good from excellent candidates. Any thoughts? Thanks! 

[m2075387]

Has anyone received news? In 2016 and 2017, acceptances were sent on the Monday of the second week of April. The 2018 equivalent would be...today.

[LOR]

Nope, not yet.

[m2075387]

received an acceptance e-mail around 3 pm   Est